2023 IIHF World Championship Division II

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2023 IIHF World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Spain   Turkey
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	16–22 April 17–23 April
Teams	12
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The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division II were two international ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. ^[1]

The Group A tournament was held in Madrid, Spain from 16 to 22 April and the Group B tournament in Istanbul, Turkey from 17 to 23 April 2023.

Spain won the Group A tournament and got promoted, while Iceland finished last, but Georgia was later disqualified by the IIHF and relegated^{[ why? ]}. ^{[2] [3]} The United Arab Emirates won Group B and got promoted and Mexico was relegated. ^[4]

Group A tournament

2023 IIHF World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	16–22 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	120 (8 per game)
Attendance	8,117 (541 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Borna Rendulić (11 points)
Official website
Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Australia	Placed 3rd in Division II A in 2019.
Croatia	Placed 3rd in Division II A in 2022.
Spain	Host, placed 4th in Division II A in 2022.
Israel	Placed 5th in Division II A in 2022.
Iceland	Placed 1st in Division II B in 2022 and was promoted.
Georgia	Placed 2nd in Division II B in 2022 and was promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[5]

Referees	Linesmen
Goro Terakado Ramon Sterkens Štefan Požar Alexei Roshchyn	Cyril Debuche Masa Hashimoto Niklas Wilhelmsen Michał Gerne Sergio Biec Carlos Trobajo Dario Fuchs

Standings

After the tournament was completed, the IIHF invalidated the results of Georgia and assigned it zero points in the IIHF World Ranking.^{[ why? ] [6] [7]} Georgia was relegated to Division II B for 2024, while Iceland, the last-placed team, retained its place in this division. ^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Spain (H)	5	5	0	0	0	30	9	+21	15	Promoted to the 2024 Division I B
2	Georgia	5	4	0	0	1	20	8	+12	12	Relegated to the 2024 Division II B
3	Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	26	18	+8	9
4	Australia	5	1	0	0	4	16	22	−6	3 [lower-alpha 1]
5	Israel	5	1	0	0	4	14	37	−23	3 [lower-alpha 1]
6	Iceland	5	1	0	0	4	14	26	−12	3 [lower-alpha 1]

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Australia 3 points, +4 GD; Israel 3 points, −2 GD; Iceland 3 points, −2 GD; Israel 7–3 Iceland

Results

All times are local (UTC+2)

16 April 2023 12:30

Georgia

4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Iceland

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 77

Game reference
	Ivan Starostin	Goalies	Jakob Johannesson	Referee: Štefan Požar Linesmen: Sergio Biec Michał Gerne
	Kurbatov (Bukiya) (PP) – 02:42 1–0 Marov (Bukiya) (PP) – 10:19 2–0 Slesarev (Kurbatov) (SH) – 26:04 3–0 3–1 31:08 – Arnarsson (Maack, Eggertsson) Bukiya (EN) – 56:04 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	34

16 April 2023 16:00

Australia

4–6 (0–3, 4–2, 0–1)

Croatia

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 117

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin	Goalies	Vilim Rosandić	Referee: Alexei Roshchyn Linesmen: Cyril Debuche Carlos Trobajo
	0–1 02:04 – Jović (Kanaet, Smolec) 0–2 04:53 – Mikulić (Smolec, Čanić) (PP) 0–3 11:06 – Rendulić (B. Idžan) 0–4 21:04 – V. Idžan (Rendulić, Marinković) (PP) Pataky (Virjassov, Todd) – 30:17 1–4 Kubara (Darge, Kennedy) – 31:14 2–4 Haselhurst (Kennedy, Webster) – 33:39 3–4 3–5 37:43 – Smolec (Jarčov, Marinković) Newmark (Kubara, McGregor) – 38:59 4–5 4–6 58:30 – Rendulić (Jarčov) (EN)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	28

16 April 2023 19:30

Spain

8–2 (2–0, 5–1, 1–1)

Israel

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 1,150

Game reference
	Raul Barbo	Goalies	Nir Tichon Maksim Kaliaev	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Niklas Wilhelmsen
	Basile (Encinar) – 04:30 1–0 De Bonilla (Burgos) – 10:12 2–0 González (Rubio, Carbonell) (PP) – 22:07 3–0 3–1 22:29 – Spektor (Mazour, Aharonovich) Baldris (Rubio, Carbonell) – 23:50 4–1 Rubio (Encinar) – 25:01 5–1 Muratet (Calvo, Donath) – 36:03 6–1 Muñoz (Fernández) – 37:18 7–1 Capillas (De Bonilla, Muratet) (PP) – 47:39 8–1 8–2 57:40 – Khubashvili (Milner, M. Kozhevnikov)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	53	Shots	15

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17 April 2023 12:30

Croatia

6–2 (2–0, 3–1, 1–1)

Iceland

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 64

Game reference
	Vilim Rosandić	Goalies	Johann Ragnarsson	Referee: Alexei Roshchyn Linesmen: Cyril Debuche Niklas Wilhelmsen
	Vedlin (B. Idžan, Rendulić) – 01:22 1–0 Dobrić (Smolec, Čanić) – 08:39 2–0 2–1 28:58 – Leifsson (Mikaelsson, Arason) Čavlović (Mikulić, Čanić) – 30:27 3–1 B. Idžan (Rendulić) – 33:53 4–1 Čanić (Dobrić, Mikulić) (PP) – 37:26 5–1 V. Idžan (Marinković) – 44:03 6–1 6–2 46:36 – Alengård (Hlynsson, Eggertsson)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	25

17 April 2023 16:00

Israel

3–7 (2–1, 1–3, 0–3)

Georgia

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 76

Game reference
	Maksim Kaliaev	Goalies	Ivan Starostin	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Michał Gerne Carlos Trobajo
	Raskin (Levin) – 10:58 1–0 Milner (Spektor, Kozhevnikov) – 12:59 2–0 2–1 19:40 – Obolgogiani (Kurbatov) (PP2) 2–2 21:04 – Kochkin (Dziov, Karelin) (PP2) Spektor (Milner) – 23:22 3–2 3–3 27:57 – Kurbatov (Obolgogiani) 3–4 28:18 – Karelin 3–5 44:31 – Karelin (Ermoshenko) (PP) 3–6 58:11 – Karelin (Dziov) (EN) 3–7 59:05 – Bukiya (Kurbatov) (EN)
	14 min	Penalties	2 min
	17	Shots	48

17 April 2023 19:30

Spain

8–1 (2–0, 4–0, 2–1)

Australia

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 967

Game reference
	Raul Barbo	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin	Referee: Goro Terakado Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Masa Hashimoto
	De Bonilla (Capillas, Torralba) – 13:45 1–0 Capillas (Guerra) – 15:30 2–0 Carbonell (Burgos, Baldris) – 20:38 3–0 Carbonell (Rubio, Burgos) – 22:56 4–0 González (Rubio, Carbonell) (PP) – 35:32 5–0 González (Capillas, Torralba) – 37:19 6–0 Carbonell (Baldris, Burgos) (PP) – 46:15 7–0 7–1 50:46 – Virjassov (Kubara, Webster) Burgos (Carbonell, Rubio) – 51:25 8–1
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	41	Shots	23

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19 April 2023 12:30

Croatia

12–1 (4–1, 4–0, 4–0)

Israel

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 256

Game reference
	Vito Nikolić	Goalies	Nir Tichon Maksim Kaliaev	Referee: Štefan Požar Linesmen: Sergio Biec Dario Fuchs
	Rendulić (B. Idžan, Bezuk) – 00:54 1–0 Jarčov (Rendulić) – 04:08 2–0 Mikulić – 09:21 3–0 3–1 16:00 – Milner (Spektor, Levin) (PP) Čanić (Dobrić, Silović) – 17:31 4–1 V. Idžan (Rendulić, Jarčov) – 23:26 5–1 Dimitrijević (Jović, Kanaet) – 28:18 6–1 Bezuk (Čanić, Mikulić) – 37:11 7–1 Rendulić (Čavlović) – 39:05 8–1 Mikulić (Dobrić) (PP) – 55:57 9–1 Marinković (Bezuk, Rendulić) – 56:34 10–1 Marinković (Silović, Rendulić) – 59:26 11–1 Kanaet (Dimitrijević, Čavlović) – 59:38 12–1
	31 min	Penalties	16 min
	55	Shots	25

19 April 2023 16:00

Australia

2–4 (1–1, 1–0, 0–3)

Iceland

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 237

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin	Goalies	Jakob Johannesson	Referee: Goro Terakado Linesmen: Masa Hashimoto Carlos Trobajo
	Caruana (Landa, Kubara) – 11:42 1–0 1–1 15:21 – Hafsteinsson (Arnarsson, Eggertsson) Virjassov (Landa, Kennedy) (PP) – 32:10 2–1 2–2 55:03 – Mikaelsson (Magnússon, Sveinsson) 2–3 57:13 – Mikaelsson (Magnússon, Leifsson) 2–4 59:24 – Leifsson (Magnússon, Mikaelsson) (EN)
	11 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	34

19 April 2023 19:30

Spain

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Georgia

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 1,169

Game reference
	Raul Barbo	Goalies	Mikhail Fofanov	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Cyril Debuche Niklas Wilhelmsen
	Donath (Muñoz, Zaballa) – 26:07 1–0 Muratet (Baldris, González) (EN) – 59:59 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	25

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21 April 2023 12:30

Israel

1–7 (0–2, 1–3, 0–2)

Australia

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 374

Game reference
	Maksim Kaliaev	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin	Referee: Štefan Požar Linesmen: Sergio Biec Niklas Wilhelmsen
	0–1 03:44 – Kennedy (Virjassov, Haselhurst) 0–2 17:48 – Caruana (Kubara) 0–3 25:16 – Caruana (Kubara, Darge) Mazour (Ben Tov, Levin) (PP) – 29:41 1–3 1–4 35:27 – Caruana (Kubara) (PP) 1–5 39:30 – Virjassov (Landa) (PP) 1–6 51:41 – Malloy (Taylor) 1–7 58:43 – Malloy (Darge, Caruana) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	51

21 April 2023 16:00

Georgia

6–0 (1–0, 1–0, 4–0)

Croatia

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 197

Game reference
	Ivan Starostin	Goalies	Vilim Rosandić Vito Nikolić	Referee: Alexei Roshchyn Linesmen: Cyril Debuche Carlos Trobajo
	Bukiya (Marov, Kozyulin) – 08:52 1–0 Slesarev (Karelin, Obolgogiani) – 27:19 2–0 Karelin (Obolgogiani) – 42:42 3–0 Obolgogiani (Karelin, Ermoshenko) (PP) – 44:23 4–0 Shvetsov (Kharizov, Ermoshenko) – 45:50 5–0 Dziov (Bukiya, Kozyulin) – 55:57 6–0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	24

21 April 2023 19:30

Iceland

4–7 (1–2, 1–2, 2–3)

Spain

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Jakob Johannesson	Goalies	Raul Barbo	Referee: Goro Terakado Linesmen: Michał Gerne Masa Hashimoto
	0–1 05:33 – Donath (Guerra, Zaballa) Arason (Leifsson, Mikaelsson) – 13:05 1–1 1–2 14:31 – Encinar (González, Capillas) 1–3 23:41 – Muñoz (González, García) 1–4 28:26 – Granell (Donath, Zaballa) Jóhannsson (Björgvinsson) – 28:56 2–4 2–5 42:53 – Baldris (Capillas) Arnarsson (Jóhannesson) – 43:52 3–5 3–6 48:16 – Torralba (Baldris, García) 3–7 52:58 – Granell (Donath) Rúnarsson (Alengård, Hlynsson) – 59:22 4–7
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	37

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22 April 2023 12:30

Australia

2–3 (1–0, 0–3, 1–0)

Georgia

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 195

Game reference
	Charles Smart	Goalies	Mikhail Fofanov	Referee: Alexei Roshchyn Linesmen: Sergio Biec Cyril Debuche
	Caruana (Lodge) – 15:19 1–0 1–1 27:28 – Ermoshenko (Slesarev, Kochkin) 1–2 31:50 – Karelin (Kochkin, Obolgogiani) 1–3 34:28 – Karelin (Kharizov, Marov) Todd (Woodman, Kubara) (EA) – 58:29 2–3
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	28

22 April 2023 16:00

Iceland

3–7 (1–1, 2–4, 0–2)

Israel

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 260

Game reference
	Jakob Johannesson	Goalies	Nir Tichon	Referee: Goro Terakado Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Carlos Trobajo
	0–1 02:05 – Levin (Spektor, Milner) Mikaelsson (Leifsson, Eggertsson) – 12:51 1–1 Arason (Mikaelsson, Magnússon) (PP) – 22:02 2–1 2–2 23:52 – Aharonovich (Spektor) 2–3 30:56 – Levin Jóhannsson (Arason, Alengård) – 31:25 3–3 3–4 36:17 – Milner (Levin) (SH) 3–5 39:23 – Milner (Levin, M. Kozhevnikov) (PP) 3–6 49:17 – Milner (Levin) 3–7 59:22 – Spektor (Levin, E. Kozhevnikov) (PP, EA)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	30

22 April 2023 19:30

Croatia

2–5 (2–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Spain

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Vilim Rosandić	Goalies	Raul Barbo	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Michał Gerne Masa Hashimoto
	Jarčov – 07:24 1–0 Kegalj (Jarčov, V. Idžan) (SH) – 10:06 2–0 2–1 11:18 – Donath (Fernández, García) (PP) 2–2 20:33 – González (Encinar) 2–3 53:06 – Donath (Muñoz) 2–4 57:20 – Rubio (Carbonell, Fernández) 2–5 58:06 – Muratet (Fernández, Encinar) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	36

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Borna Rendulić	5	4	7	11	+2	4	F
Ivan Karelin	5	6	3	9	+6	8	F
David Levin	5	2	7	9	−3	0	F
Dorian Donath	5	5	3	8	+6	0	F
Aviv Milner	5	5	3	8	0	8	F
Alejandro Carbonell	5	3	5	8	+6	2	F
Gastón González	5	4	3	7	+8	4	F
Andri Mikaelsson	5	3	4	7	−1	0	F
Ilya Spektor	5	3	4	7	−4	8	F
Casey Kubara	5	1	6	7	−1	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Ivan Starostin	180:00	4	1.33	75	94.67	1
Raul Barbo	300:00	9	1.80	103	91.26	1
Anthony Kimlin	238:28	17	4.28	131	87.02	0
Maksim Kaliaev	170:03	19	6.70	142	86.62	0
Vilim Rosandić	225:50	16	4.25	114	85.96	0

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Position	Player [8]
Goaltender	Raul Barbo
Defenceman	Bruno Baldris
Forward	Borna Rendulić

Group B tournament

2023 IIHF World Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	17–23 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	124 (8.27 per game)
Attendance	1,565 (104 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Sergei Kuznetsov (16 points)
Official website
Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
New Zealand	Placed 3rd in Division II B in 2019.
Belgium	Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
Bulgaria	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
Mexico	Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
United Arab Emirates	Placed 1st in Division III A last year and was promoted.
Turkey	Host, placed 2nd in Division III A last year and was promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[9]

Referees	Linesmen
Robert Love-Dekazos Trpimir Piragić Bastian Steingross Konstantin Chubenko	Chi Hongda Tomislav Grozaj Wayne Gerth Nathan Carmichael Lodewijk Beelen Berkay Aslanbey Taha Kavlakoğlu

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	United Arab Emirates	5	5	0	0	0	35	10	+25	15	Promoted to the 2024 Division II A
2	Belgium	5	4	0	0	1	33	10	+23	12
3	Bulgaria	5	3	0	0	2	19	20	−1	9
4	New Zealand	5	2	0	0	3	15	22	−7	6
5	Turkey (H)	5	1	0	0	4	12	26	−14	3
6	Mexico	5	0	0	0	5	10	36	−26	0	Relegated to the 2024 Division III A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

17 April 2023 13:00

New Zealand

1–4 (0–0, 0–1, 1–3)

Belgium

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 51

Game reference
	Joel Hasselman	Goalies	Arne Waumans	Referee: Konstantin Chubenko Linesmen: Berkay Aslanbey Lodewijk Beelen
	0–1 29:21 – Kolyasnikov (Cuylen, Pyl) 0–2 45:58 – Coolen (Steyaert, Bogaerts) (PP) Vortanov (Nicholls) – 49:57 1–2 1–3 53:43 – Van den Bogaert (Van Espen) 1–4 54:02 – Verelst (Coolen)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	11	Shots	56

17 April 2023 16:30

Bulgaria

4–2 (1–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 63

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Tomas Payro	Referee: Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Nathan Carmichael Taha Kavlakoğlu
	0–1 01:51 – Majul (PP) Gatchev (Yotov) (PP) – 05:00 1–1 Nakov (Muhachev) – 27:58 2–1 Vasilev – 30:23 3–1 3–2 44:01 – Tapia (A. Valencia, Matsubara) (PP2) Vasilev (Dilkov, V. Dikov) – 55:35 4–2
	31 min	Penalties	14 min
	31	Shots	28

17 April 2023 20:30

Turkey

0–8 (0–3, 0–4, 0–1)

United Arab Emirates

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 85

Game reference
	Eren Demirtürk Tolga Bozacı	Goalies	Mate Tomljenović	Referee: Bastian Steingross Linesmen: Wayne Gerth Tomislav Grozaj
	0–1 07:57 – Zakharau (Chuikov, Kuznetsov) 0–2 11:11 – Klavdiev (Kuznetsov, Shapavalau) (PP) 0–3 11:50 – Kuznetsov (Al-Humaidi, Binsammoud) 0–4 23:17 – Chuikov (Kuznetsov, Zakharau) 0–5 25:27 – Kuznetsov (Chuikov) (PP) 0–6 30:20 – Chuikov (Zakharau, J. Al-Dhaheri) 0–7 37:53 – Zakharau (J. Al-Dhaheri, Chuikov) (PP) 0–8 55:02 – Zakharau (Chuikov, Remess)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	46

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18 April 2023 13:00

Bulgaria

7–2 (4–0, 0–0, 3–2)

New Zealand

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 63

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Csaba Kercsó-Magos Joel Hasselman	Referee: Robert Love-Dekazos Linesmen: Chi Hongda Taha Kavlakoğlu
	Yotov (Tchaliov) – 01:31 1–0 Vasilev (Boyadjiev) (SH) – 09:52 2–0 Yotov (Tchaliov) – 17:19 3–0 V. Dikov (Vasilev) – 18:31 4–0 Dilkov (V. Dikov, Gatchev) (PP) – 40:49 5–0 Yotov (V. Dikov) – 48:31 6–0 6–1 48:52 – Vortanov (Dallimore) Dilkov – 49:44 7–1 7–2 59:15 – Challis (Polozov)
	39 min	Penalties	10 min
	46	Shots	29

18 April 2023 16:30

Belgium

3–4 (0–2, 1–2, 2–0)

United Arab Emirates

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 78

Game reference
	Arne Waumans Jelle Lievens	Goalies	Mate Tomljenović	Referee: Bastian Steingross Linesmen: Berkay Aslanbey Wayne Gerth
	0–1 01:37 – Al-Haddad (Klavdiev, Vukoja) 0–2 04:53 – Chuikov (Kuznetsov, Tomljenović) 0–3 21:59 – Kuznetsov (Zakharau) (PP) 0–4 25:08 – Usenka (Klavdiev) Steyaert (Blockx, James) – 25:59 1–4 Steyaert (Gyesbreghs, James) (PP) – 47:50 2–4 Gyesbreghs (Steyaert) – 55:25 3–4
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	50	Shots	21

18 April 2023 20:30

Mexico

0–5 (0–3, 0–1, 0–1)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 185

Game reference
	Tomas Payro Marcello de Antuñano	Goalies	Tolga Bozacı	Referee: Konstantin Chubenko Linesmen: Lodewijk Beelen Nathan Carmichael
	0–1 09:09 – Meydancı (Aydın, Odabaş) 0–2 15:59 – Gökçen (Aydin, Faner) 0–3 17:21 – Kavaz (Bingöl) 0–4 25:58 – Faner (Bakal, Savaş) (PP) 0–5 49:25 – Tayğar (Savaş, Bakal) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	39 min
	36	Shots	28

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20 April 2023 13:00

New Zealand

1–7 (1–1, 0–4, 0–2)

United Arab Emirates

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 54

Game reference
	Csaba Kercsó-Magos	Goalies	Mate Tomljenović	Referee: Konstantin Chubenko Linesmen: Lodewijk Beelen Tomislav Grozaj
	Louw (Joyce, Dallimore) – 02:38 1–0 1–1 04:40 – Zakharau (Shapavalau) 1–2 25:25 – J. Al-Dhaheri (Kuznetsov) 1–3 26:30 – Kuznetsov (J. Al-Dhaheri, Zakharau) 1–4 29:54 – Klavdiev 1–5 34:56 – Chuikov (Vukoja, Zakharau) 1–6 46:57 – Zakharau (Bassayev, Chuikov) 1–7 48:01 – Kuznetsov (Al-Humaidi)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	57

20 April 2023 16:30

Belgium

11–2 (4–0, 4–2, 3–0)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 45

Game reference
	Jelle Lievens	Goalies	Tomas Payro Marcello de Antuñano	Referee: Robert Love-Dekazos Linesmen: Berkay Aslanbey Taha Kavlakoğlu
	Gyesbreghs (Verelst) (SH) – 09:10 1–0 Verelst (Van den Bogaert, Coolen) – 12:57 2–0 Cuylen (Blanchy) – 14:48 3–0 Coolen (Van den Bogaert) – 15:31 4–0 Gyesbreghs (James, Blockx) (PP) – 20:35 5–0 5–1 22:46 – Chávez (Díaz) James (Blockx) – 24:57 6–1 Van den Bogaert (Blanchy) (PP) – 34:55 7–1 Bosmans (Kolyasnikov, Gyesbreghs) – 36:20 8–1 8–2 39:59 – Majul (Tapia, Cuellar) Blockx (James, Gyesbreghs) – 40:38 9–2 Van den Bogaert (Verelst) – 51:25 10–2 Verelst (Cuylen) – 52:15 11–2
	32 min	Penalties	18 min
	65	Shots	14

20 April 2023 20:30

Bulgaria

5–3 (1–0, 2–0, 2–3)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 280

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Tolga Bozacı	Referee: Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Chi Hongda Wayne Gerth
	Nakov (Stamenov, Georgiev) – 15:58 1–0 Georgiev (Boyadjiev) (SH) – 22:19 2–0 Tchaliov (Boyadjiev) – 34:36 3–0 3–1 43:30 – Y. Karş (Bakal, Tayğar) 3–2 46:12 – Ö. Karş (Kavaz, Bingöl) 3–3 51:24 – Karakoç (Ö. Karş, Faner) Dilkov (Vasilev, Tchaliov) – 59:42 4–3 K. Dikov (Georgiev) (EN) – 59:46 5–3
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	36

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21 April 2023 13:00

Mexico

2–7 (1–2, 0–3, 1–2)

New Zealand

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 43

Game reference
	Tomas Payro Marcello de Antuñano	Goalies	Joel Hasselman	Referee: Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Berkay Aslanbey Wayne Gerth
	A. Valencia (Cuellar, L. Valencia) (PP) – 09:13 1–0 1–1 14:01 – Craig (Cox, Challis) 1–2 17:47 – Kozak (Polozov, Regan) (PP) 1–3 26:14 – Henderson (Burns, Cox) (PP) 1–4 32:16 – Orr (Kozak, Polozov) 1–5 37:00 – Ellis (Challis, Burns) (PP) Cuellar (García, Tapia) – 40:11 2–5 2–6 40:35 – Kozak (Polozov) 2–7 46:44 – Dallimore (Vortanov, Hayward)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	50

21 April 2023 16:30

United Arab Emirates

7–2 (2–0, 5–1, 0–1)

Bulgaria

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 87

Game reference
	Mate Tomljenović	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov Andrea Karabadjakov	Referee: Bastian Steingross Linesmen: Chi Hongda Taha Kavlakoğlu
	Al-Humaidi (Shapavalau, Binsammoud) – 07:36 1–0 Klavdiev (Vukoja) (PP) – 19:59 2–0 Usenka (Zakharau, Kuznetsov) (PP) – 22:31 3–0 Usenka (Klavdiev, Al-Mahrooqi) – 22:47 4–0 Chuikov (Kuznetsov, Tomljenović) (PP) – 27:47 5–0 5–1 29:42 – Vasilev (Dilkov, V. Dikov) Binsammoud (Shapavalau) – 31:38 6–1 Klavdiev (SH) – 34:25 7–1 7–2 50:52 – Yotov
	4 min	Penalties	11 min
	42	Shots	23

21 April 2023 20:30

Turkey

2–9 (2–2, 0–4, 0–3)

Belgium

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 428

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	Tolga Bozacı	Goalies	Arne Waumans	Referee: Robert Love-Dekazos Linesmen: Nathan Carmichael Tomislav Grozaj
	Meydancı (Odabaş) – 01:27 1–0 Hars (Aydın) – 01:39 2–0 2–1 05:32 – Gyesbreghs (Kolyasnikov) 2–2 09:11 – James (Van Espen) (AG) (EA) 2–3 23:36 – Verelst (Steyaert, Gyesbreghs) (PP) 2–4 26:12 – Blockx (James, Gyesbreghs) (PP) 2–5 31:15 – James (Verelst, Gyesbreghs) 2–6 35:16 – Versin (Gyesbreghs, Bosmans) 2–7 49:11 – Coolen (Blanchy) (PP2) 2–8 49:52 – Gyesbreghs (Verelst) 2–9 59:17 – Verelst (Blockx, Gyesbreghs) (PP)
	23 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	59

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23 April 2023 13:00

United Arab Emirates

9–4 (3–0, 1–2, 5–2)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 48

Game reference
	Ahmed Al-Dhaheri	Goalies	Marcello de Antuñano	Referee: Robert Love-Dekazos Linesmen: Chi Hongda Taha Kavlakoğlu
	Kuznetsov (Vukoja) – 00:59 1–0 Vukoja (Remess) (SH) – 09:35 2–0 Klavdiev (Usenka, Kuznetsov) – 19:13 3–0 3–1 20:32 – Tapia (Ayala, Cuellar) 3–2 32:19 – Apud (Cuellar, Díaz) M. Al-Dhaheri (Vukoja, Klavdiev) – 38:11 4–2 Zakharau (Shapavalau) – 45:20 5–2 Klavdiev (Kuznetsov, Usenka) – 45:32 6–2 J. Al-Dhaheri (Zakharau) (PP) – 48:00 7–2 7–3 48:26 – E. Valencia (Rullan, Chávez) (PP) J. Al-Dhaheri (Kuznetsov, Zakharau) – 51:18 8–3 J. Al-Dhaheri (Kuznetsov, Vukoja) (PP2) – 53:59 9–3 9–4 57:28 – Cuellar (Tapia, Díaz)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	54	Shots	22

23 April 2023 16:30

Belgium

6–1 (2–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Bulgaria

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 55

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	Arne Waumans	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: Bastian Steingross Linesmen: Berkay Aslanbey Nathan Carmichael
	James (Steyaert, Blockx) – 11:20 1–0 Blockx (Steyaert, James) – 16:33 2–0 2–1 21:50 – Tchaliov (Yotov, Boyadjiev) Verelst (Van Espen, Coolen) – 30:28 3–1 Van den Bogaert (Verelst, Coolen) – 35:11 4–1 Blockx (Van Espen, James) – 50:24 5–1 Coolen (Verelst) (SH) – 51:49 6–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	59	Shots	12

23 April 2023 20:30

New Zealand

4–2 (4–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 610

Game reference
	Joel Hasselman	Goalies	Tolga Bozacı	Referee: Konstantin Chubenko Linesmen: Lodewijk Beelen Tomislav Grozaj
	Orr (Kozak, Polozov) – 01:02 1–0 Henderson (Cox, Burns) (PP) – 08:21 2–0 Challis (Cox, Polozov) (PP) – 18:32 3–0 Nicholls (Orr, Polozov) – 18:58 4–0 4–1 50:01 – Bakal (Faner) (PP) 4–2 58:56 – Bakal (Faner, Tayğar) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	35

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Sergei Kuznetsov	5	8	9	17	+14	4	D
Maxim Zakharau	5	6	8	14	+9	0	F
Sam Verelst	5	6	7	13	+8	4	F
Vadim Gyesbreghs	5	5	8	13	+10	0	D
Artem Klavdiev	5	6	5	11	+6	6	F
Ilia Chuikov	5	5	5	10	+8	4	F
Alec James	5	4	6	10	+8	0	F
Dries Blockx	5	4	5	9	+6	0	F
Ben Coolen	5	4	4	8	+7	0	F
Juma Al-Dhaheri	5	2	5	7	+7	4	F
Iniaz Steyaert	5	2	5	7	+8	4	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Mate Tomljenović	240:00	6	1.50	117	95.12	1
Joel Hasselman	221:29	11	2.98	120	91.60	0
Arne Waumans	200:20	5	1.50	52	91.23	0
Tolga Bozacı	239:34	15	3.76	138	90.20	1
Dimitar Dimitrov	269:32	19	4.23	164	89.62	0

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Position	Player [10]
Goaltender	Mate Tomljenović
Defenceman	Vadim Gyesbreghs
Forward	Maxim Zakharau

References

1. "To Tampere/Riga in '23, to Switzerland in '26". IIHF. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
2. "Spain celebrates gold on home ice". IIHF. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
3. "Teams 2024 IIHF ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Division II, Group B". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
4. "UAE wins 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II – Group B". IIHF. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
5. "IIA Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
6. "World Ranking". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. 26 August 2023. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
7. Ellis, Steven (30 May 2023). "Canada moves to top of latest IIHF men's hockey rankings". Daily Faceoff. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
8. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIB" (PDF). IIHF . Retrieved 22 April 2023.
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10. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIA" (PDF). IIHF . Retrieved 23 April 2023.

External links

• Official website of Division IIA
• Official website of Division IIB